Acknowledging the anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off

On 23 August 1966, 200 Gurindji stockworkers, domestic workers and their families took strike action at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. Today marks 55 years since the historic day in union and Australian history. 

Read the story of what happened on this day in 1966 on Deadly Story, and check out Thomas Mayor's book, Freedom Day



Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam returns Aboriginal land at Wattie Creek Source.